More Questions on History
- Q. Chandragiri Fort is a historical fort, built in the 11th century. It is located in
A)Maharashtra
B)Karnataka
C)Madhya Pradesh
D)Andhra Pradesh
Answer: Andhra Pradesh
- Q. Vardhamana Mahavira is also known as
A)Great teacher
B)Jina
C)Great preacher
D)Jain
Answer: Jina
- Q. Lord Lytton had lowered the age limit for Indian for the ICS from 21 year to
A)19 years
B)20 years
C)18 years
D)17 years
Answer: 19 years
- Q. Which of the following revolts during Aurangzeb’s period had a peasant agrarian background?
A)Jats and Satnamis
B)Rajputs
C)Marathas
D)Sikhs
Answer: Jats and Satnamis
- Q. Who among the following is the head of theosophical society in India
A)Madan Mohan Malaviya
B)Annie Besant
C)Blavatsky
D)Did not come to india
Answer: Annie Besant
- Q. Poorna Swaraj’ (Complete Independence) was declared to be the goal of the Indian National Congress in its session of
A)Lahore, 1929
B)Lucknow, 1916
C)Tripuri, 1939
D)Lahore, 1940
Answer: Lahore, 1929
- Q. In 1893 Mahatma Gandhi went to South Africa in connection with the trial of a merchant:
A)Sachindra Bakshi
B)Hemu Kalani
C)Manmath Nath Gupta
D)Abdulla Seth
Answer: Abdulla Seth
- Q. The Ganapati festival was started in __________
A)1793
B)1792
C)1893
D)1904
Answer: 1893
- Q. Who instituted Scientific Society in 1863 to create a scientific temperament among the Muslims and to make the Western knowledge available to Indians in their own language?
A)Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
B)Mohammad Iqbal
C)Karim Ali
D)Inayat Ali
Answer: Sir Syed Ahmed Khan
- Q. He, who does not live in a state may either be a saint or an animal’- Who said this?
A)Angles
B)Montesque
C)Sophists
D)Aristotle
Answer: Aristotle
- Q. Which Bhakti Saints writings influenced Hinduism’s Bhakti movement and his verses are found in Sikhism’s scripture Adi Granth?
A)Kabir
B)Ramananda
C)Mirabai
D)Tukaram
Answer: Kabir
- Q. In the Carnatic, the English supported the claims of
A)Chanda Sahib
B)Anwaruddin
C)Nasir Jang
D)Muzaffar Jang
Answer: Anwaruddin
- Q. Who composed the Allahabad Pillar inscription?
A)Mahasena
B)Harisena
C)Veerasena
D)Vishnusena
Answer: Harisena
- Q. Rani Laxmi Bai died fighting the British in the Battle of
A)Kanpur
B)Jhansi
C)Gwalior
D)Kalpi
Answer: Gwalior
- Q. Whom had the rebels of 1857 enthroned as the emperor/emperess of India?
A)Tantia Tope
B)Rani Laxmi Bai of Jhansi
C)Bahadur Shah Zafar
D)Faqir-ud-din
Answer: Bahadur Shah Zafar
- Q. What was the most important cause of the invasion of Mahmud of Ghazni?
A)To gain possession of the wealth of India
B)To destroy idolatry
C)To spread Islam into India
D)To establish a Muslim State in India
Answer: To gain possession of the wealth of India
- Q. In 1946, the Interim Government was formed under
A)Mahatma Gandhi
B)Patel
C)Rajaji
D)Jawaharlal Nehru
Answer: Jawaharlal Nehru
- Q. After the ruin of India’s trade, industries and handicrafts, the burden of taxation in India had to be mainly borne by
A)Peasantry
B)Zamindars
C)Income-tax payers
D)All the above
Answer: Peasantry
- Q. The Buland Darwaza was built to mark Akbar’s conquest of
A)Malwa
B)Awadh
C)Gujarat
D)Chittor
Answer: Gujarat
- Q. Who started the Young Men’s Indian Association in 1914?
A)Swarnakumari Devi
B)Annie Besant
C)Devendranath Tagore
D)Rabindranath Tagore
Answer: Annie Besant
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